Medical terminology- chapter 1

word root

foundation; often refers to body system

prefix

in beginning of word and modifies word root

suffixes

at the end of the word and modifies word root

combining vowle

connects word parts; usually am o

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immunity

laryng/o

voice box

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

dis-

apart from

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within/inner

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below/insufficient

in-

no/inward

intra-

within

inter-

between

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

non-

not

para-

beside, abnormal, two parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

below

syn-

together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all, everywhere

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial, half

tetra-

four

tri-

three

-algia

pain

-cele

protrusion

-ctye

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genesis

produces

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logical

pertaining to the study of

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasm

formation

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition